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Jaume Fontal
CPTO & Co-Founder
Jaume Fontal is a technology professional who currently serves as CPTO (Chief Product and Technology Officer) at Manglai, a company he co-founded in 2023. Before embarking on this project, he gained experience as Director of Technology and Product at Colvin and worked for over a decade at Softonic. At Manglai, he develops artificial intelligence-based solutions to help companies measure and reduce their carbon footprint.
Articles by Jaume Fontal
Legislation and regulation
The chaos of scattered data: how to centralise your EINF information with Manglai
Pulling together the information for Spain's EINF (Estado de Información No Financiera, the mandatory non-financial statement) usually turns into an e ...
Water footprint
Corporate water footprint: regulations, calculation and tools
If your company has been asked whether it's required to report its corporate water footprint , the short answer is: it depends on which regulation app ...
Legislation and regulation
Sustainable Mobility Law: obligations and benefits for companies
Law 9/2025 of 3 December on Sustainable Mobility , which entered into force on 5 December 2025 , marks a turning point in the way mobility is conceive ...
Waste management
How to create an industrial waste minimisation plan step by step
Regulatory pressure, rising management costs and the shift toward circular production models have turned industrial waste minimisation into a strategi ...
Product carbon footprint
Product carbon footprint: what it is and how to measure it
A product carbon footprint (PCF) is the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted across the life cycle of a good or service, expressed in kilograms of ...
Product carbon footprint
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): how to evaluate a product's environmental impact
Companies can no longer simply claim to be green: regulators and customers demand quantitative evidence . The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides tha ...
Water footprint
Water Footprint in Agriculture: The Impact of Water Use on crops
According to the FAO, agriculture uses around 70% of the fresh water withdrawn worldwide . This figure places the primary sector at the centre of the ...
Water footprint
Grey Water Footprint: The Impact of Water Pollution
The grey water footprint is the volume of fresh water needed to assimilate the load of pollutants discharged during the production of a good or servic ...
Core climate concepts
The Environmental Performance Index: what it means for business
The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) is one of the most recognised global rankings of environmental performance. It scores and ranks countries on ...
Core climate concepts
Carbon neutral vs net zero: what is the difference?
Carbon neutral and net zero are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. In short: carbon neutrality means balancing your emissions with ...
Corporate sustainability
Green living in the workplace: corporate sustainability strategies
Green living in the workplace means embedding everyday environmental practices into how an office runs, from energy and waste to commuting and procure ...
Green finances
GRESB: why investors care about your sustainability score
If your organisation manages real estate or infrastructure assets, the GRESB score is increasingly the number institutional investors look at first wh ...
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